When Elmo asked online how people are doing, “he got an earful”: How to find hope beyond the headlines
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 5 February 2024
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
Elmo, the well-known Sesame Street character, recently asked his followers on X/Twitter, “How is everybody doing?” In response, “he got an earful,” as CNN reported, with many complaining about the hardship of their lives. Scanning the news, it’s not hard to see why. But there’s hope beyond the headlines if we’ll look in the right direction.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings. Today is Monday, February 5th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins, |
| 0:08.9 | narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:16.0 | How was everybody doing, Elmo asked. Who would have thought such an innocuous question could generate |
| 0:22.9 | global headlines? As well, at last night's Grammy Awards, Taylor Swift became the only artist |
| 0:29.7 | ever to win album of the year four times. And the hoodies are also making headlines after they vowed yesterday to respond to the U.S. |
| 0:40.0 | and UK's joint strikes in Yemen. Meanwhile, people are responding to a question, Elmo from Sesame |
| 0:46.9 | Street posted on X last week. Elmo's just checking in, how's everybody doing? As CNN's headline notes, he got an earful. Here's some |
| 0:56.7 | examples. Elmo, I'm depressed and broke. Another response. Elmo, I cannot wait to go back to sleep. |
| 1:05.7 | Every Monday, I cannot wait for Friday to come every single day and every single week for life. Another, |
| 1:12.6 | I am at my lowest. Thanks for asking. And finally, Elmo, I've got to level with you, baby. We are fighting for our lives. |
| 1:22.6 | Scanning the news, it's not hard to see why. But there's hope beyond the headlines if we look in the |
| 1:29.8 | right direction. Consider these recent news stories. Oklahoma Drag Queen Elementary School |
| 1:36.2 | principal resigns amid outrage, officials say. Students at California school struggling after $250,000 in federal funds spent on woke kindergarten program. |
| 1:51.5 | Sifflis is soaring in the U.S. |
| 1:54.6 | Polyamory, the ruling classes' latest fed. |
| 1:59.2 | Today's teenagers, anxious about their futures and disillusioned by politicians. |
| 2:03.6 | Ethics ratings of nearly all professions down in the U.S. |
| 2:09.6 | What ties these new stories together? Harvard theologian Harvey Cox observed. |
| 2:16.6 | We now live in a post-Christian America. |
| 2:19.1 | The Judeo-Christian ethic no longer guides our social institutions. |
| 2:23.3 | Christian ideals and values no longer dominate social thought and action. |
| 2:28.2 | The Bible has ceased to be a common base of moral authority for judging |
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